Shaka Zulu"The classic of African History -- a biography of Shaka Zulu, founder of the Zulu nation, born leader and brilliant general...E.A. Ritter grew up with the Zulus, earning their respect and accumulating a rich store of material during his long association with them. Shaka's life and deeds had been handed down by word of mouth from generation to generation, and they are here evoked with a sense of drama and an eye for detail." -- Back cover. |
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Page 296
... harem , but not of the kraal as a whole , which was ruled by a stern and apparently harsh Royal matron a distant relative of Shaka's . It needed a firm hand to keep the Royal concubines in order , for with high living , a great deal of ...
... harem , but not of the kraal as a whole , which was ruled by a stern and apparently harsh Royal matron a distant relative of Shaka's . It needed a firm hand to keep the Royal concubines in order , for with high living , a great deal of ...
Page 297
... harem against the ingress of males from without , for the better they performed their duties , the graver the risk to their own persons from man - starved , idle women . These harem nymphs , in extreme cases , found their vision ...
... harem against the ingress of males from without , for the better they performed their duties , the graver the risk to their own persons from man - starved , idle women . These harem nymphs , in extreme cases , found their vision ...
Page 337
... harem were playing him false . To his council he said : ' What shall I do with these wicked debauchees ? ' ' Kill them , ' was the answer . By a stratagem of absence the King and his guards surrounded the harem kraals by surprise and no ...
... harem were playing him false . To his council he said : ' What shall I do with these wicked debauchees ? ' ' Kill them , ' was the answer . By a stratagem of absence the King and his guards surrounded the harem kraals by surprise and no ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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